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Kari Kimmel

Kari Kimmel is a singer-songwriter whose track "Cruel Summer" became her most recognizable song. It came out in 1988 and had a haunting melody that stuck with...

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Where You Belong 19 visits arrow_forward Call Me 17 visits arrow_forward Cruel Summer 17 visits arrow_forward Fix You Up 17 visits arrow_forward I Got You 17 visits arrow_forward One Day You’ll Be Fine 17 visits arrow_forward
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Kari Kimmel's haunting summer songs

A singer-songwriter whose 1988 track "Cruel Summer" became her most recognizable work.

For a quick sense of her sound, start with "Cruel Summer" and "Where You Belong." They frame that whole summer-and-memory thing she kept coming back to.

That 1988 single "Cruel Summer" has a melody that just sticks with you. She built a catalog around themes of summer, love, and memory, with songs like "Where You Belong" and "Run Run Run." She also worked with artists like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan on collaborations.

Her debut album "Voices of Summer" came out in 1989, followed by "Summer's End" in 1991 and "Time After Time" in 1993. She performed with the Kari Kimmel Band, which featured guitar, bass, drums, and backing vocals.

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Kari Kimmel is a singer-songwriter whose track "Cruel Summer" became her most recognizable song. It came out in 1988 and had a haunting melody that stuck with people. She also recorded songs like "Where You Belong," "Shake," and "Run Run Run."

Her debut album was called "Voices of Summer" and was released in 1989. She followed it with other albums including "Summer's End" in 1991 and "Time After Time" in 1993. She performed with a group called the Kari Kimmel Band, which had various musicians playing guitar, bass, drums, and backing vocals.

Kimmel's music often dealt with themes of summer, love, and memory. Beyond her own recordings, she worked with other artists like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan on collaborations.

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